The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄντοικοι“dwellers opposite”
- Latin · learned borrowing fromantoecī
- English todayantoeci
From the Latin antoecī, from the Ancient Greek ἄντοικοι (ántoikoi, “dwellers opposite”), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “dwelling”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.